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The 20% average maximum for Hawaii is between 0627 & 0757 HST (0927 & 1057 PDT) https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/hawaii?iso=20240408 Maybe you could locate a map by searching online for approximately midway between LA & HI to find an estimated amount of obscuration…even a guess-timate is better than nothing. 😉 If you hope to see the small partial eclipse then get eye protection glasses from someplace such as Amazon. I’m on Discovery’s TSE at sea off of Mazatlan & Princess sent an email confirming that we’ll receive glasses on the ship.

After updating my iPad last night the blue display with the Princess logo took longer to go to my next cruise which took 90 seconds of spinning wheel before opening my cruise’s info. This not only happened on the first usage after the bug squashing update but for subsequent openings of the Princess app.

Agree…Such inconsistency fleetwide on having wine packages available is likely the reason they were unsuccessful when offered before the pandemic. They never promoted it on their website & frequently had little to no promotion onboard…their management’s policies were not how to have a successful wine package. Celebrity promotes wine packages with different number of bottle options which we purchased even from our homeport because the difference between carrying on wine to pay corkage & the package it was worthwhile for us to buy the package with a discount by purchasing in advance & as I recall could use OBC to pay for it. And when flying to a port that convenience is even more of a factor for us.

I’ve also had that experience but having not used EZair since 2017 I don’t recall if it was jumbled or not.

Disappointing…such inconsistency of not knowing if it’s available or not is not good when making a decision whether to purchase wine onboard or to carryon wine which I will do instead of waiting for them to decide whether to offer it or not. It appears to me that your thoughts about when a wine package is offered would be true & a way for Princess to sell excess inventory however that uncertainty is not good for their passengers.

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That might be required to delete an order like the procedure I found. I agree, there should be a way to remove cart items without placing the order & then canceling it…just another app IT glitch! 🙄

I stumbled upon a way to delete an order in the Princess app using my Apple mobile devices. Under “Order and customize Medallion” is “Order History”. Clicking on it brings up my order history & by pressing & holding my finger down on it my order is shown. At the bottom of the page is this option but not wanting to cancel mine I went no further. This worked to cancel an existing order but don’t know if it works for deleting cart items…good luck. 🤞

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E409 docked in SF…

This was posted on the just completed Live from Sun Princess.

That’s not surprising to me that you booked about 2 years in advance which is what we did for our around Australia cruise from Brisbane a year from now. We booked roundtrip from Brisbane for a couple of reasons…it was nearly a third less than from Sydney & we’ve never been to Brisbane. There were fewer cabins available from Brisbane so we needed to book ASAP which we did do.

Our Medallions arrived last night…2 weeks before boarding. It took a week for the package to travel an hour to be delivered to our house. Having arrived overnight at FedEx’s Memphis hub I’d guess your Medallions will be delivered tomorrow because they’re so efficient unlike the USPS.

These are a few of the examples of the incorrect info on some passengers records which continue to affect some passengers but not others. After installing that update last night, I checked the specialty dinner prices that showed $63 USD for the CG which is actually the AUD price…that bug is still running rampant & was not squashed in that update.

it’s a good thing that was corrected before you boarded the ship and would be denied ordering alcohol. 😂

After people on my roll call received shipping/tracking emails but none for me after a few days called Princess for a status 3 weeks before sailing. The first rep tried for 45 minutes to get a status & then transferred me to their “OceanReady” section. Within 15 minutes confirmed it would arrive about 11 days in advance (some of the time was a sales pitch to buy packages, etc). Next day received shipping/tracking email that it was in Carson, CA (4PX EXPRESS USA) & 3 days later to USPS in Carson. Then it took 48 hours to go the short distance to my house. So for this Medallion order they were delivered 14 days before our cruise For future orders would tell the first rep that no status was on my reservation & to request immediately being transferred to “OceanReady” to greatly reduce the time on the phone seeking a status.

Like Thrak, I’d suggest booking early & watching for price decreases which my US based TA gets for me however your rules might be different than in the US. We booked the very popular twice yearly Princess cruise around Australia two years in advance & prices have only increased with little to no availability. We’ve also booked an Auckland to LA transpacific cruise sailing a couple of days later & had an early price reduction but nothing since then for cruises that are a year from now. I don’t know about the legalities of booking cruises for Aussies sailing outside of your country. Your UK friends might need to book from their country & have read their rules are different than when booking in the US. Good luck…hope your crystal-ball is clear to lead you to your best option.

I’ve had faster FedEx delivery from Singapore than going from Carson, CA to my home an hour away. I’m on the next cruise & shipping by 4PX EXPRESS USA & the USPS it’s taking nearly a week to go the short distance to our house. Hopefully you’ll have as good of results as we did from Singapore via Honolulu for customs…all in 3 days. That’s less than half the time it’s taking for our delivery arriving from an hour away.

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Unlike you, I’m merely a user of technology, however based on many of the same people repeatedly having the same issues while others do not your opinion makes sense to me.

With having OceanNow (included in packages or by paying $14.99/pp) can food be ordered on the app to be delivered to the cabin? I know that there’s the $5 fee to call room service to place an order & that apparently since our most recent Princess cruise a room service order can no longer be placed on the cabin TV?

The specialty dining cover charge is the cost for the meal & there might be an 18% tip now added to that cover charge…which ship?

Discovery has a white composite material railing which as I recall the author said was the same type of material on Sun but had a simulated wood appearance instead of white.

I haven't received anything beyond the USPS tracking info email to check the USPS tracking site but some on the roll call have received only the free lanyards & holders. Thanks for refreshing my 2 year old most recent Medallion shipping memory...about 10-12 days in advance was what I recalled but didn't remember them being stuck in transit for a week. The quickest delivery we received was 4 years ago when they shipped from Singapore, went through customs in Honolulu & to the LA area...it took only 2 days but maybe actually 3 days due to the international dateline. So yes, we still have time! 😂

I also booked my SD on the old Medallion app with the correct prices & fortunately they transferred to the new Princess app. There is a risk of future price increases although on my 3 booked cruises I can get up to payment but don’t know if it would actually complete a reservation or not because 2 of the cruises are a year away & I’m not ready to purchase those SD reservations. It’s disappointing but not surprising that Princess IT doesn’t correct glitches & then won’t reply to your reports about the problems. We got our first Medallions 4 years ago & still the MedallionClass is glitchy despite their glowing promotion about its benefits…sad. For our cruise in 2 weeks, some have received their “Medallion” packages however it’s merely the free lanyard & holder while the Medallion is still stuck in Carson, CA…amazing!